British number three Kyle Edmund beat Andreas Seppi to reach the quarter-finals of the Auckland Classic.The 25-year-old recovered from a break down in the second set to beat the experienced Italian 6-3 7-6 (7-4).He will play American world number 20 John Isner in the last eight. Edmund reached the semi-finals of the Australian Open two years ago but has since…

A number of tennis greats played in a charity match to take the amount of money raised for the bushfire appeal to over 4m Australian dollars.Home player Nick Kyrgios raised A$1,600 (£954) in aces alone at Wednesday's Rally for Relief, while Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal - who between them have won 39 Grand Slams - joined together to donate…

Australian Open organisers have imposed a two-hour delay to the start of qualifying matches on Wednesday because of the "very poor" air quality from ongoing bushfires in the country.It is the second successive day the start of play has been delayed because of the conditions in Melbourne.On Tuesday, Slovenia's Dalila Jakupovic had to be helped off court after retiring from…

Chile's Nicolas Jarry has been provisionally suspended after testing positive for two banned substances during last year's Davis Cup.The International Tennis Federation (ITF) said the 24-year-old's sample contained anabolic agent ligandrol and anabolic steroid stanozolol.World number 78 Jarry said he had not "intentionally" taken any banned substance during his career. "It strongly looks like a cross-contamination case," he said.Jarry said…